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Court documents detail sex charges against teacher

Court documents reveal new information on a high school teacher charged with sexual exploitation.

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Updated: 8:52 AM CDT Mar 29, 2017

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Court documents detail sex charges against teacher

Court documents reveal new information on a high school teacher charged with sexual exploitation.

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Updated: 8:52 AM CDT Mar 29, 2017

BUSSEY, Iowa —

Court documents reveal new information on a high school teacher charged with sexual exploitation.

Alan Wesley Stewart, 61, of Oskaloosa, was arrested Monday and charged with one count of felony sexual exploitation by a school employee.

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The Marion County Sheriff’s Office initiated an investigation that revealed Stewart had repeated sexual contact with one student in 2015 at Twin Cedars High School.

Court documents indicate Stewart had a close relationship with a student that was sexual in nature. According to court documents, the relationship consisted of gifts exchanged with the victim, intimate private conversations in Stewart’s office, private messages and time spent at Stewart’s home.

According to the Twin Cedars website, Alan Stewart is listed as an Industrial Arts/Physical Education teacher, and the most recent cross country coach.

Stewart is being held at the Marion County Jail and has been placed on administrative leave by the school district. Stewart has been licensed to teach in Iowa since 1978.

Twin Cedars Superintendent Brian VanderSluis released the following statement:

Monday afternoon, the Marion County Sheriff’s department officers arrested Twin Cedars teacher Alan Stewart on charges of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Mr. Stewart has been placed on administrative leave pending further review and action by the School District. We were not apprised of any concerns before the arrest. We will cooperate fully in the investigation by law enforcement.